‘Slavery ended over 130 years ago:’ NFL legend Herschel Walker says black Americans should NOT be paid reparations and calls for ‘forgiveness’ at congressional hearing.
Hershel Walker (left) made his case to members of the Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties who met via Zoom on Wednesday to discuss House Resolution 40, which aims to ‘establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery’. The athlete, who played for the University of Georgia and won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 before going pro (inset in 1986), asserted that compensating black Americans for the lasting impacts of slavery would cause more harm than good
Share Your Opinion
